Yep. What bookmooch.com has cost me in postage it has more than saved me in library fines.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Calli - Aug 09, 2009 2:39:00 pm PDT #9814 of 28385
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Tom Scola - Aug 10, 2009 6:10:23 am PDT #9815 of 28385
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm pretty sure I've read this: Sci-Fi Writer Attributes Everything Mysterious To 'Quantum Flux'
A reading of Gabriel Fournier's The Eclipse Of Infinity reveals that the new science-fiction novel makes more than 80 separate references to "quantum flux," a vaguely defined force the author uses to advance the plot, resolve conflict as needed, and account for dozens of glaring inconsistencies.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2009 6:53:00 am PDT #9816 of 28385
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A reading of Gabriel Fournier's The Eclipse Of Infinity reveals that the new science-fiction novel makes more than 80 separate references to "quantum flux," a vaguely defined force the author uses to advance the plot, resolve conflict as needed, and account for dozens of glaring inconsistencies.
So it's a book about flobotanum?
Jessica - Aug 10, 2009 11:14:16 am PDT #9817 of 28385
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd feel remiss if I didn't mention in this thread that I am currently reading Moby Dick.
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 11:16:03 am PDT #9818 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ooh. How is it? Most of what I know about Moby Dick I learned from MC Lars. (thanks, P-C!)
Jessica - Aug 10, 2009 11:18:31 am PDT #9819 of 28385
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm really enjoying it. It's a very dense book, though, which is why I couldn't finish it in Canada - it's just impossible to read in a room full of other people.
Polter-Cow - Aug 10, 2009 11:48:09 am PDT #9820 of 28385
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am currently reading The Thirteenth Tale. I'm over halfway through and have been wanting to just quit. It's not really doing it for me like it ought to. I normally love stories about stories, and I enjoyed the books this book reminds me of, but I can't get into it. All the characters annoy me, and I don't think I really care about Vida Winter's demented childhood. Although I think I've just figured out the Big Twist and am mildly curious to see how it plays out and whether it really matters. I'm reading quickly now since I just want to know if anything cool awaits me at the end; I am not getting as lost in the prose as the author wants me to. Only 140 pages to go! I can do this!
How is it? Most of what I know about Moby Dick I learned from MC Lars. (thanks, P-C!)
Heh. I really liked it, actually. And I think I liked the interstitial whaling parts more than the actual book. "The Whiteness of the Whale" was awesome.
Ginger - Aug 10, 2009 1:08:40 pm PDT #9821 of 28385
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'd feel remiss if I didn't mention in this thread that I am currently reading Moby Dick.
Yay! It's such a great book. (After he finished it, Melville wrote Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.")
DavidS - Aug 10, 2009 1:12:24 pm PDT #9822 of 28385
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(After he finished it, Melville wrote Hawthorne, "I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb.")
That quote was the basis of the poet Charles Olson's lengthy study of Moby Dick, attributing a gnostic interpretation to Melville, with the whale as the demiurge.
Laga - Aug 10, 2009 1:14:24 pm PDT #9823 of 28385
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.